Some of you may be blogging or thinking about blogging, and the question most new bloggers ask is “When am I going to find the time to write the posts?”

Conventional wisdom says that you should create a reserve of previously written posts, anywhere from 3-10.

I tried that. I really did. For one blissful week, I was 5 posts ahead. (By the way, getting to that point almost killed me.) Then I had to attend a funeral, and my dog died, and I was behind again.

I gave that up. Pre-writing lots of posts doesn’t work for me. Most mornings, I get up, check my email, organize my task list and then sit down to write my post.

I’m usually done well before 10, which is when my first blog tweet goes out. Then I go on with my day.

This keeps me in the habit of writing every day. Funny, the longer I do it, the faster I get. (I’m sure there is a practical limit on that, and I’ll hit it eventually.)

What about days when I have an early morning meeting? That’s when I write ahead. I wrote this post at 2:45 yesterday afternoon. It works for me to write tomorrow’s post today. But getting much farther ahead than that just isn’t for me.

What about the other bloggers who read this? When do you write your posts?

Tags: blogging, task management, time management

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